I'm running Lubuntu and on my desktop I've created (mangled) two shortcuts...

I created them by right-clicking on the desktop and selecting Create New... > Shortcut

If I try to rename them, the first one is named "TeamSpeak", but appears as "TeamSpeak Server" when normally viewed from the desktop, and the second one is named "A" but appears as "TeamSpeak" when normally viewed from the desktop.

After goofing around trying to make a script to fix mouse settings using a text file on the desktop, I can no longer summon the shortcut editor, nor open them in a text editor. For some reason, they are set to open with Leafpad, but even then, nothing happens on double-click.

The shortcuts were supposed to run shell scripts, and I never got them to work before breaking them even more.

Can you please explain what exactly you want to do and how you reached the point of having desktop shortcuts. I'm asking because I think desktop shortcuts aren't there by default. Are you also saying that you can't edit anything in /usr/share/applications?
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user25656May 15 '13 at 2:37